| Description |
xi, 490 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Logic of definition in criminology : purposes and methods for defining "gangs" / Richard A. Ball and G. David Curry -- Definition and measurement of "gang status" : policy implications for juvenile justice / L. Thomas Winfree, Jr. ... [et al.] -- Gang crime and law enforcement recordkeeping / G. David Curry, Richard A. Ball, and Robert J. Fox -- Social learning theory, self-reported delinquency, and youth gangs : a new twist on a general theory of crime and delinquency / L. Thomas Winfree, Jr., Teresa Vigil Backstrom, and G. Larry Mays -- Crime, youth gangs, and urban transition : the social dislocations of postindustrial economic development / Pamela Irving Jackson -- Age, social context, and street gang membership : are "youth" gangs becoming "adult" gangs? / James R. Lasley -- Perceived blocked opportunity as an explanation of delinquency among lower-class Black males : a research note / Ronald L. Simons and Phyllis A. Gray. |
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Self definition by rejection : the case of gang girls / Anne Campbell -- Cholas, Mexican-American girls, and gangs / Mary G. Harris -- Gang involvement and delinquency among Hispanic and African-American adolescent males / G. David Curry and Irving A. Spergel -- Los cholos : legal processing of Chicano gang members / Marjorie S. Zatz -- Patterns of Chinese gang extortion / Ko-Lin Chin, Jeffrey Fagan, and Robert J. Kelley -- Short history of Asian gangs in San Francisco / Calvin Toy -- Gangs, drugs, and delinquency in a survey of urban youth / Finn-Aage Esbensen and David Huizinga -- "Crack," street gangs, and violence / Malcolm W. Klein, Cheryl L. Maxson, and Lea C. Cunningham -- Differences between gang and nongang homicides / Cheryl L. Maxson, Margaret A. Gordon, and Malcolm W. Klein -- Gang homicide, delinquency, and community / G. David Curry -- Routine activities and a subculture of violence : a study of violence on the street / Leslie W. Kennedy and Stephen W. Baron. |
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Women in outlaw motorcycle gangs / Columbus B. Hopper and Johnny Moore -- Comparative analysis of prison gang members, security threat group inmates, and general population prisoners in the Texas Department of Corrections / Robert S. Fong and Ronald E. Vogel -- Threat of the Jamaican posses to the United States in the 1990s / Ronald A. Pincomb and Daniel L. Judiscak -- Community organization and gang policy response / G. David Curry and Rodney W. Thomas -- Gangs, neighborhoods, and public policy / John M. Hagedorn -- Police and social threat : urban transition, youth gangs, and social control / Pamela Irving Jackson -- Street gangs and preventive interventions / David W. Thompson and Leonard A. Jason -- Deviant adolescent subcultures : assessment strategies and clinical interventions / Cynthia M. Clark. |
| Subject |
Gangs.
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Juvenile delinquency.
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| Added Author |
Mays, G. Larry.
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| ISBN |
0830414576 |
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